Archaeological Soil Micromorphology

Previous training courses have been held from 2003-2017. Contact Richard Macphail for further details and see below.

The short courses at UCL are based on the experience of these workshops and Richard Macphail's long practice in teaching internationally (e.g., CNRS [France and Belgium] Microscopy Course, Ghent, July 2001 and 5th European Intensive Course in Soil Micromorphology (Erasmus/Socrates), Naples September 2001)(Courty et al., 1989), and include recently published soil micromorphology methods, protocols and results (Goldberg and Macphail, 2006; Macphail and Goldberg, 2013). Powerpoints and reference
images to be available on the Cambridge University Press website.

Richard has had 35 years+ post-doctoral experience in archaeological soil micromorphology, and is at the forefront of current research, for example, in caves, urban archaeology, experiments, buried soils and floors (Macphail et al., 2003a; Macphail and Cruise, 2001; Macphail1et al., 2004; Macphail et al., 2003b1; Macphail and Goldberg, 2003). The most recently published results are found in Goldberg and Macphail (2006 - now available from Blackwells). More
detailed publication of the latest soil micromorphology findings and an atlas
of archaeological materials are currently underway (Macphail and Goldberg, 2013). (1 available as pdf files, see references)

Further information and Booking

Training fee is £55 GBP per day - Monday to Thursday - £220 for the week 5-8 Nov.

Practice Days/Workshop £30GBP per day - Friday-Saturday - £60GBP for the days 9-10 Nov.